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Head of Engineering

  • Pembroke
  • Posted 16th May 2012
  • Posted by: Petrie Recruitment
  • Salary: Circa £50,000
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Address: Oddfellows House
    19 Newport Road
    Cardiff
  • Contact: 02920 440 990
  • Reference: PR3287
  • This job has been viewed 3 times since it was posted.

Job Description

  • An experienced engineer is needed to manage and provide technical coordination of mechanical, structural, composite, electrical and controls engineers scaling up production volume
  • Establish engineering solutions to further in terms of cost reduction (both initial procurement cost and cost of ownership), reliability improvement and power.
  • Lead the engineering team in delivering modifications to the existing product
  • Lead the engineering team in the development of future new products as and when the business establishes the need for them.
  • Ensure support is provided to the installation/maintenance and production teams as required by the business
  • Provide weekly and monthly reporting to the COO, and the business as required
  • Conduct appraisals and generally ensure the engineering team operate as an efficient and motivated team.
  • To maintain “best practice” processes and methods in a fast paced small company environment while continuing to deliver.
  • To meet stringent cost and timescale budgets
  • To be able to analyse and lead the engineering team in producing innovative product improvements across multiple engineering disciplines (Composites, Mechanical, Aerodynamics, Electrical and Control Systems).

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A minimum of 10 years experience of, or significantly skilled in leading engineering teams
  • Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
  • Chartered engineer (ideally)
  • Demonstrable experience managing teams
  • Working in and acting as engineering lead of projects
  • Experience of working in a small company
  • DFMEA & PFMEA experience
  • APQP preferable
  • 8D
  • Working with overseas suppliers

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